Chapter 43

[Huh? The Ji family is here!]

Chu Xiyue: "Huh? Where? Where are they?!"

Chu Xiyue turned to look toward the banquet hall entrance and immediately spotted Mrs. Ji, glittering with jewels like a walking jewelry display rack. The Ji Family had sent four people to tonight's reception. She had already met Mrs. Ji and Mo Xiang; the men standing beside them should be their respective husbands.

[Host, I just discovered that Ji Peng's biological mother is also at this reception. She's fifteen degrees to your front right—the woman in the yellow dress is Ji Peng's biological mother!]

Following the direction indicated by the system, Chu Xiyue saw a woman in a pale yellow gown. The woman was already in her fifties, yet she looked barely over forty. Her features still retained the delicate beauty of her youth, while her mature charm made her even more alluring than younger women. She also looked vaguely familiar.

After thinking for a moment, Chu Xiyue asked the system, "Why does Ji Peng's biological mother look a little like Qiu Baizhen, who won Best Supporting Actress at the Golden X Awards recently?"

The system nodded. [It is Qiu Baizhen. When she was young, Qiu Baizhen interfered in Mrs. Ji's marriage. Mrs. Ji later taught her a lesson, and only then did Qiu Baizhen separate from Ji Guowei.]

[However, Qiu Baizhen and Ji Guowei never completely cut ties afterward. They remained entangled for many years. The man beside her was the director of her previous film and also her first love—Ji Peng's biological father!]

Chu Xiyue: !

Coming to this reception really hadn't been a waste!

Standing in the corner of the banquet hall, Chu Xiyue had the juicy scandal of Shen Hui and Chen Jiayu, father-in-law and daughter-in-law, doing that kind of thing on her left, and every party involved in the wealthy-family switched-at-birth scheme on her right. Her two eyes practically didn't know which side to watch!

Both sides were incredibly juicy!

But in the end, the Ji Family scandal drew Chu Xiyue's attention, because Mrs. Ji and Qiu Baizhen had come face-to-face!

The clash between adoptive mother and biological mother, legal wife and mistress, was far more exciting than Shen Hui and Chen Jiayu's act of avoiding suspicion in public.

However, Chu Xiyue was a little too far away. She could see Mrs. Ji and Qiu Baizhen confronting each other, but she couldn't hear what they were saying. Though the system said it could broadcast the exchange live, a broadcast definitely couldn't compare to seeing it in person!

Chu Xiyue quietly moved closer. She stood behind a pillar, with Mrs. Ji and Qiu Baizhen just two meters away.

Mrs. Ji raised her hand, revealing the million-yuan jade bangle on her wrist and the pigeon-egg diamond ring on her ring finger. She lightly stroked the ruby necklace around her neck and gave Qiu Baizhen an arrogant glance. "Miss Qiu, why didn't you prepare any decent clothes or jewelry for this reception?"

"This gown of yours is last year's design, isn't it? And that bangle—how can you even bring yourself to wear such cheap junk worth barely over a hundred thousand?"

The smile on Qiu Baizhen's face faltered. She glanced behind Mrs. Ji, met Ji Peng's gaze, then calmly looked away.

She lifted her hand, casually displaying the rare leather limited-edition handbag in it—a style Mrs. Ji had wanted for some time but had never managed to buy.

Qiu Baizhen looked at the Himalaya in Mrs. Ji's hand. "This bag of mine was personally bought for me in France by a family member who flew all that way after hearing I liked this style. This one bag alone is worth more than ten Himalayas."

Chu Xiyue did not quite understand their exchange, but the system dutifully explained from the side: [Qiu Baizhen is subtly mocking Mrs. Ji's entire wall of Hermès bags—not a single one was given to her by a family member. As for the bag in Qiu Baizhen's hand, Ji Peng intercepted Mrs. Ji's order and gave it to her.]

Mrs. Ji did not understand Qiu Baizhen's bragging and only found her baffling.

But that did not stop Qiu Baizhen from secretly feeling pleased. So what if Mrs. Ji had enough money to buy a whole wall of Hermès? When she and Mrs. Ji wanted the same bag, Ji Peng would not hesitate to give the last one to her.

She would never know that the son she was so proud of was not her biological child, while the daughter she had abandoned had probably died long ago.

As Qiu Baizhen looked at Mrs. Ji, her gaze met Ji Peng's once more. This time, she noticed Mo Xiang beside him.

Qiu Baizhen did not like Mo Xiang, this "daughter-in-law," either. She believed that someone worthy of Ji Peng should at least be a daughter of a wealthy family.

However, she would not show her dislike of Mo Xiang. She only needed to reveal a little admiration for Mo Xiang, and Mrs. Ji would take care of tormenting this daughter-in-law for her.

So Qiu Baizhen said to Mo Xiang, "Young lady, you're Mrs. Ji's daughter-in-law, aren't you? You're truly lovely. Since this is our first meeting, Auntie didn't bring you a gift, so I'll give you this bangle."

As she spoke, Qiu Baizhen moved to take the bangle off her wrist and give it to Mo Xiang.

Mrs. Ji's gaze at Mo Xiang indeed darkened. But then she caught sight of her son out of the corner of her eye and recalled what she had recently begun to suspect. The anger she had been about to unleash on the spot abruptly paused—

Ji Peng could not have children. If she kept tormenting her daughter-in-law and drove her away, Ji Peng might end up a bachelor for the rest of his life.

With that thought, Mrs. Ji swallowed her anger with a dark expression and looked at Mo Xiang. "Why aren't you thanking Aunt Qiu already?"

She emphasized the last three words with particular force.

Mo Xiang paused in the middle of refusing. She instinctively looked at Qiu Baizhen and softly said, "Thank you, Aunt Qiu."

Qiu Baizhen, who had never intended to give the bangle away and had merely been putting on a show to make Mrs. Ji dissatisfied with Mo Xiang: ?

But the words had already left her mouth. Qiu Baizhen could only grit her teeth and shove the bangle into Mo Xiang's hand. Through clenched teeth, she said, "You're welcome!"

A bangle worth over a hundred thousand was not cheap to Qiu Baizhen. Her heart was bleeding!

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